Rebel Crew Chief

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"This R2 unit of yours seems a bit beat up. You want a new one?"
―The Rebel Crew Chief, to Luke Skywalker[1]

The Rebel Crew Chief was a Human male engineer who worked at the Alliance to Restore the Republic's Great Temple base on Yavin 4 during the Galactic Civil War. Initially an employee of the Fresia-based Incom Corporation, the nationalization of that company by the Galactic Empire prompted the crew chief and his co-workers to join the Rebellion. In his role with the Alliance, the chief spent many hours performing maintenance on T-65 X-wing starfighters and T-47 airspeeders.

Biography

The chief was initially an engineer working for Incom Corporation,[2] a starship company.[3] During the Imperial Period, the Galactic Empire nationalized the Fresia-based corporation,[4] prompting many workers, such as the engineer, to flee and join the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Like his former co-workers, he spent many hours performing maintenance on T-65 X-wing starfighters and T-47 airspeeders in the Alliance's service.[2] Both types of craft had initially been made by the Incom Corporation.[5] The engineer was eventually given the role of crew chief, began work as a technician, and was assigned to the Alliance's Great Temple base[6] on Yavin 4.[1]

The Rebel Crew Chief and Luke Skywalker

In 0 BBY,[7] technical readouts to the Empire's new Death Star battlestation were brought to the Yavin base by Princess Leia Organa, and General Jan Dodonna devised a plan of attack. The attack would involve the T-65s, and so the chief performed maintenance on at least one of them before the battle. The T-65's pilot, Luke Skywalker, intended to use the droid R2-D2 as his astromech for the upcoming battle, but the chief noted that the droid did not look to be in the best of shape. He asked Skywalker whether he wanted a replacement, but the pilot declined, claiming that he and R2-D2 had been "through a lot together."[1] Finishing his maintenance, the chief cleared Skywalker for liftoff.[8] Skywalker would go on to destroy the Death Star.[1]

Personality and traits

When the company he worked for was nationalized by the government, the chief began serving the Rebellion movement.[2] On at least one occasion, he judged a droid merely by its appearance, rather than its performance.[1] The Incom engineer was a Human male with graying hair and light skin.[1]

Equipment

The Rebel Crew Chief had a tan-colored suit.[1]

Behind the scenes

"Whatever you say."
―The Rebel Crew Chief, to Luke Skywalker in dialogue contradicting Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope[8]

The Rebel Crew Chief was portrayed by Shane Rimmer in George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope,[9] although technically his first appearance was in Alan Dean Foster's novelization of the film.[10] The character was featured in the "A New Hope" set of the Star Wars Trading Card Game, where he was identified as "Rebel Crew Chief."[6]

Some inconsistencies exist between the Crew Chief's A New Hope film appearance and various adaptations. The crew chief has slightly different dialogue in the film's novelization,[10] along with the November 5, 1977 fifth issue of Marvel Comics' Star Wars comic series,[11] Brian Daley's 1981 radio adaptation,[8] the 1994 Star Wars: The National Public Radio Dramatization, which contains the radio drama's script,[12] and the third issue of Bruce Jones' 1997 comic adaptation.[13] In Star Wars 5, the Crew Chief says an earlier line to Skywalker before a different version of his film line is delivered,[11] while both the radio drama and its script contain additional dialogue with the Crew Chief responding to Skywalker's film lines.[8][12]

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3  Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Special Edition Limited (Card: Incom Engineer) (backup link)
  3. ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 99 ("Incom Corporation")
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Empire at War
  5. ↑ The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars Trading Card Game – A New Hope (TCG) (Card: Rebel Crew Chief) (backup link)
  7. ↑ The New Essential Chronology
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Star Wars radio drama
  9. ↑ SHANE RIMMER Interview - R2D2 was Trouble - Star Wars 100 Interview on the Star Wars 100 Interviews YouTube channel: "For Sci Fi Central Australia, Darryl James interviewed Shane Rimmer in Wales. His role in ANH was called an InCom Engineer. Not only was Rimmer in Star Wars buy he was also a key character voice in the original Thunderbirds TV series. SHANE RIMMER Interview - R2D2 was Trouble." (backup link)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novelization
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Star Wars (1977) 5
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Star Wars: The National Public Radio Dramatization
  13. ↑ Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition 3

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